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- Title:
Portrait of the Short Horned Bull Patriot
- Additional Title(s):
Portrait of the Short Horned Bull 'Patriot' / Bred by Mr. Geo. Coates - Now the property of John Loft, James Conington, Thos. Marris & John Richardson Esq'rs. ...
- Date:
- 1810
- Medium:
- Mezzotint with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 20 × 23 5/8 inches (50.8 × 60 cm), Image: 17 3/4 × 23 5/8 inches (45.1 × 60 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on back in graphite lower right: "153 | C"
Collector's mark, verso: Paul Mellon
Lettered lower left: "Painted by Thomas Weaver."; lower right: "Engraved by Willm. Ward Engraver Extraordinary to H.R.H.the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York."; lower center: "Published by Thos. Weaver Shrewsbury Feby. 14. 1810. | PORTRAIT of the SHORT HORNED BULL, PATRIOT, | Bred by Mr. Geo.Coates - Now the property of John Loft. James Conington Thos. Marris & John Richardson Esqurs. | To the Right Honble. Charles Lord Yarborough. | Baron Yarborough of Yarborough in the County of Lincoln. President of the Agricultural Society for the Division of Lindsey in the said County. | This Plate is respectfully Inscribed by His Lordship's mych obliged & obedt. Servt. Thos. Weaver.
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1985.36.1192
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- agronomy | animal art | bull | farming | husbandry | obesity | science | windmill
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:21234
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Dan Q. Dao, THESE LIVESTOCK PORTRAITS WERE THE ULTIMATE DISPLAYS OF WEALTH IN 19TH-CENTURY BRITAIN, https://www.saveur.com/crazy-paintings-livestock-1800s-britain , Saveur, December 26, 2017, Available Online
Dudley Snelgrove, British Sporting and Animal Prints 1658-1874: A Catalogue, The Paul Mellon Collection , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1981, NE960.3 G7 B75 + Oversize (Mellon Shelf) (YCBA) [YCBA]